Joomla 1.6 will have support for nested categories.That is really a nice feature.

Now, is there any chance to see support for linking one article to more than one category?

If not planned for first official release 1.6, then it would be cool if some core develpers at least think out a strategy on how to implement this feature in the near future, as well as define the needed database structure to enable this laiter on (if possible).If the database structure for this is ready and implemented when 1.6 gets official, then it would be a lot easier and faster to get this developed on a laiter stage......

You might look at JXtended labels to see an approach some core people have taken (though you have to pay for it). There are a number of other good tagging extensions including a summer of code project last year. I don't think any of them are ready for the core but i'm sure it will come eventually.

Elin, many thanks for the link! It's a very interesting discussion. Which also makes it clear that the development team is already working to address the issues of timeliness and predictability for development cycles for post 1.6 releases. Kudos!

Has this proposal become official policy? And if so, is it possible to view the specifics of the policy?

is there any chance to see support for linking one article to more than one category?

I have long said, to those who point to this as an architecural shortcoming in J!1.<6, that "multiple categorization" is synonymous with tagging, and, as such, should be implemented with a tagging solution, not as an extension to the Categories system.

Looks like at least one person is aligned with this idea:

mcsmom wrote:

There are a number of [...] good tagging extensions

On the other hand, nesting actually is a really important enhancement to the Categories system.

Why the difference?

Category nesting lets you have a certain control over site structure and hierarchy. Tagging lets you have more control over site taxonomy and semantic associations. Two different tools for two different jobs.

Don't care about relationships? Use Categories, not tags. Don't care about tree organization? Don't use Categories. Want both? Use both.

Well, as I said, I don't think any of them are close to core ready. But maybe 1.7 if one of them is willing to come in and commits to doing it. The coding standards especially for the framework are really high. They have to deal with scaling and performance in ways that are really pretty intense. That's why the nesting libraries took so long to get and are so awesome, and they are the basis of not just categories but also menus and ACL. Look how long it took comments to be ready. On the other hand the new release strategy is such that when they are ready they can be released.

I think JForm is actually hugely important and is going to really revolutionize things not to mention make everyone's code more secure. There are definitely implications there for taxonomy.

@NewGroove

I think in typical Joomla! style, from what I can tell, basically the PLT has committed to that model and the question is how well can it be implemented. We need to get 1.6 out, but even now the stable trunk model is in practice, with people running unit tests on commits and test coverage steadily increasing.

I have to say, my feeling is that the nightlies right now are better and more stable than beta 2 of 1.5 was. Not that there aren't problems, but they are not overwhelming. And people are working really hard on big and small projects. So everything from making sure that the strings are done, some UI work, the templates, sample data, a few libraries still in progress and so on.

why the languages are in the articles? This probably is not good. When I use was the creation of articles, modules, components in the languages .. not just an article. Is not it better to add languages to the menu item? everything is added to the menu item. in addition, after reading what language is for the item, you can download the files required language files

why the languages are in the articles? This probably is not good. When I use was the creation of articles, modules, components in the languages .. not just an article. Is not it better to add languages to the menu item? everything is added to the menu item. in addition, after reading what language is for the item, you can download the files required language files

If you then have a multilingual site, and the visitor do a search in articles, then I belive it is quite mandatory to be able to specify language for each article to make that search work....or what?

Then ? I'm glad i can see the files, but what if i can't download them ? I did installed a SVN but i can't find how to link a folder with this site, noobishness.

I did tryied to go back a folder and download the "trunk" folder, but what i get is an ".xml.part". Guess it's not the good way XD

UP : As i try to checkout , eSVN is telling me authentication failed error 1... I entered the username "anonymous" probably a problem from my server's firewall or something like this. But when will their be another 1.6 release ? Something like an Alpha3, or an Alpha2 Fixed?

I've never downloaded the SVN, and when i follow that link i get a folder view of all files and folders.How do i download it all? i mean i can't download one file at the time... that would take the rest of this year to finish

I've never downloaded the SVN, and when i follow that link i get a folder view of all files and folders.How do i download it all? i mean i can't download one file at the time... that would take the rest of this year to finish

Most folks use an SVN client such as SmartSVN, Tortoise SVN, etc. Here is the link for Tortoise:

I haven't checked out an nightly build in a while and downloaded one this afternoon, really looking good. One question, the ACL is looking great, is there going to be a way to have something show whether its a module or menu item to only a guest and once logged in it wouldn't show?

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